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King penguin, showing ornate and distinctive neck, breast and head plumage and orange beak. King Penguin Photo. Image ID: 24581 Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus Location: Fortuna Bay, South Georgia Island	Gentoo penguin coming ashore, after foraging at sea, walking through ocean water as it wades onto a sand beach. Adult gentoo penguins grow to be 30" and 19lb in size. They feed on fish and crustaceans. Gentoo penguins reside in colonies well inland from the ocean, often formed of a circular collection of stones gathered by the penguins. King Penguin Picture. Image ID: 23828 Species: Gentoo penguin, Pygoscelis papua Location: New Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom	Magellanic penguins, coming ashore on a sandy beach. Magellanic penguins can grow to 30" tall, 14 lbs and live over 25 years. They feed in the water, preying on cuttlefish, sardines, squid, krill, and other crustaceans Stock Photography of King Penguin. Image ID: 23924 Species: Magellanic penguin, Spheniscus magellanicus Location: New Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom

Gentoo penguins coming ashore, after foraging at sea, walking through ocean water as it wades onto a sand beach. Adult gentoo penguins grow to be 30" and 19lb in size. They feed on fish and crustaceans. Gentoo penguins reside in colonies well inland from the ocean, often formed of a circular collection of stones gathered by the penguins. Photograph of King Penguin. Image ID: 23833 Species: Gentoo penguin, Pygoscelis papua Location: New Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom	Rockhopper penguin portrait, showing the yellowish plume feathers that extend behind its red eye in adults. The western rockhopper penguin stands about 23" high and weights up to 7.5 lb, with a lifespan of 20-30 years. King Penguin Photos. Image ID: 23722 Species: Rockhopper penguin, Western rockhopper penguin, Eudyptes chrysocome, Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome Location: New Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom	Magellanic penguins, in grasslands at the opening of their underground burrow. Magellanic penguins can grow to 30" tall, 14 lbs and live over 25 years. They feed in the water, preying on cuttlefish, sardines, squid, krill, and other crustaceans King Penguin Image. Image ID: 23776 Species: Magellanic penguin, Spheniscus magellanicus Location: New Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom

Salisbury Plain on South Georgia Island is home to an immense rookery of King Penguins. It is a spectacular wildlife location, unequaled in all the world. Professional stock photos of King Penguin. Image ID: 24682 Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island Pano dimensions: 1886 x 21281

King penguin colony. Over 100,000 pairs of king penguins nest at Salisbury Plain, laying eggs in December and February, then alternating roles between foraging for food and caring for the egg or chick. Pictures of King Penguin. Image ID: 24388 Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island	King penguin colony and the Bay of Isles on the northern coast of South Georgia Island. Over 100,000 nesting pairs of king penguins reside here. Dark patches in the colony are groups of juveniles with fluffy brown plumage. The icebreaker M/V Polar Star lies at anchor. King Penguin Photo. Image ID: 24383 Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island	King penguins gather in a steam to molt, below a waterfall on a cobblestone beach at Hercules Bay. King Penguin Picture. Image ID: 24384 Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus Location: Hercules Bay, South Georgia Island

Gentoo penguin coming ashore, after foraging at sea, walking through ocean water as it wades onto a sand beach. Adult gentoo penguins grow to be 30" and 19lb in size. They feed on fish and crustaceans. Gentoo penguins reside in colonies well inland from the ocean, often formed of a circular collection of stones gathered by the penguins. Stock Photography of King Penguin. Image ID: 23830 Species: Gentoo penguin, Pygoscelis papua Location: New Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom	Gentoo penguin coming ashore, after foraging at sea, walking through ocean water as it wades onto a sand beach. Adult gentoo penguins grow to be 30" and 19lb in size. They feed on fish and crustaceans. Gentoo penguins reside in colonies well inland from the ocean, often formed of a circular collection of stones gathered by the penguins. Photograph of King Penguin. Image ID: 23832 Species: Gentoo penguin, Pygoscelis papua Location: New Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom	Gentoo penguin coming ashore, after foraging at sea, walking through ocean water as it wades onto a sand beach. Adult gentoo penguins grow to be 30" and 19lb in size. They feed on fish and crustaceans. Gentoo penguins reside in colonies well inland from the ocean, often formed of a circular collection of stones gathered by the penguins. King Penguin Photos. Image ID: 23834 Species: Gentoo penguin, Pygoscelis papua Location: New Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom

Magellanic penguins walk through tussock grass, on their way to their burrows after foraging at sea all day. King Penguin Image. Image ID: 24000 Species: Magellanic penguin, Spheniscus magellanicus Location: Carcass Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom	King penguin preening. Salisbury Plain, Bay of Isles, South Georgia Island. Professional stock photos of King Penguin. Image ID: 24387 Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island	Macaroni penguins, on the rocky shoreline of Hercules Bay, South Georgia Island. One of the crested penguin species, the macaroni penguin bears a distinctive yellow crest on its head. They grow to be about 12 lb and 28" high. Macaroni penguins eat primarily krill and other crustaceans, small fishes and cephalopods. Pictures of King Penguin. Image ID: 24390 Species: Macaroni penguin, Eudyptes chrysolophus Location: Hercules Bay, South Georgia Island

Macaroni penguin, on the rocky shoreline of Hercules Bay, South Georgia Island. One of the crested penguin species, the macaroni penguin bears a distinctive yellow crest on its head. They grow to be about 12 lb and 28" high. Macaroni penguins eat primarily krill and other crustaceans, small fishes and cephalopods. King Penguin Photo. Image ID: 24393 Species: Macaroni penguin, Eudyptes chrysolophus Location: Hercules Bay, South Georgia Island	Oakum boys, juvenile king penguins at Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island. Named 'oakum boys' by sailors for the resemblance of their brown fluffy plumage to the color of oakum used to caulk timbers on sailing ships, these year-old penguins will soon shed their fluffy brown plumage and adopt the colors of an adult. King Penguin Picture. Image ID: 24405 Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island	Oakum boys, juvenile king penguins at Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island. Named 'oakum boys' by sailors for the resemblance of their brown fluffy plumage to the color of oakum used to caulk timbers on sailing ships, these year-old penguins will soon shed their fluffy brown plumage and adopt the colors of an adult. Stock Photography of King Penguin. Image ID: 24406 Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island

King penguin colony at Salisbury Plain, Bay of Isles, South Georgia Island. Over 100,000 pairs of king penguins nest here, laying eggs in December and February, then alternating roles between foraging for food and caring for the egg or chick. Photograph of King Penguin. Image ID: 24431 Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island	King penguin colony. Over 100,000 pairs of king penguins nest at Salisbury Plain, laying eggs in December and February, then alternating roles between foraging for food and caring for the egg or chick. King Penguin Photos. Image ID: 24456 Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island	King penguin, solitary, standing. King Penguin Image. Image ID: 24602 Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus Location: Fortuna Bay, South Georgia Island

Adelie penguin, adult feeding chick by regurgitating partially digested food into the chick's mouth. The pink food bolus, probably consisting of krill and marine invertebrates, can be seen being between the adult and chick's beaks. Professional stock photos of King Penguin. Image ID: 25008 Species: Adelie Penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae Location: Shingle Cove, Coronation Island, South Orkney Islands, Southern Ocean	Rockhopper penguins, on rocky coastline of New Island in the Falklands. True to their name, rockhopper penguins scramble over the rocky intertidal zone and up steep hillsides to reach their nesting colonies which may be hundreds of feet above the ocean, often jumping up and over rocks larger than themselves. Rockhopper penguins reach 23" and 7.5lb in size, and can live 20-30 years. They feed primarily on feed on krill, squid, octopus, lantern fish, molluscs, plankton, cuttlefish, and crustaceans. Pictures of King Penguin. Image ID: 23744 Species: Rockhopper penguin, Western rockhopper penguin, Eudyptes chrysocome, Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome Location: New Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom	Gentoo penguins coming ashore, after foraging at sea, walking through ocean water as it wades onto a sand beach. Adult gentoo penguins grow to be 30" and 19lb in size. They feed on fish and crustaceans. Gentoo penguins reside in colonies well inland from the ocean, often formed of a circular collection of stones gathered by the penguins. King Penguin Photo. Image ID: 23831 Species: Gentoo penguin, Pygoscelis papua Location: New Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom

King penguin colony. Over 100,000 pairs of king penguins nest at Salisbury Plain, laying eggs in December and February, then alternating roles between foraging for food and caring for the egg or chick. King Penguin Picture. Image ID: 24386 Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island	Gentoo penguins, calling, heads raised. Stock Photography of King Penguin. Image ID: 24690 Species: Gentoo penguin, Pygoscelis papua Location: Godthul, South Georgia Island	Gentoo penguin walking through tall grass. Photograph of King Penguin. Image ID: 24701 Species: Gentoo penguin, Pygoscelis papua Location: Godthul, South Georgia Island

Gentoo penguin stealing nesting material, moving it from one nest to another. King Penguin Photos. Image ID: 24719 Species: Gentoo penguin, Pygoscelis papua Location: Godthul, South Georgia Island	Rockhopper penguins, on rocky coastline of New Island in the Falklands. True to their name, rockhopper penguins scramble over the rocky intertidal zone and up steep hillsides to reach their nesting colonies which may be hundreds of feet above the ocean, often jumping up and over rocks larger than themselves. Rockhopper penguins reach 23" and 7.5lb in size, and can live 20-30 years. They feed primarily on feed on krill, squid, octopus, lantern fish, molluscs, plankton, cuttlefish, and crustaceans. King Penguin Image. Image ID: 23742 Species: Rockhopper penguin, Western rockhopper penguin, Eudyptes chrysocome, Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome Location: New Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom